Mumbai/Thane: Over 1,000 passengers, including nine pregnant women, on the Mahalaxmi Express which was stranded for nearly 18 hours in heavy flood waters, around 90 km from Mumbai, were rescued in a massive, multi-agency operations by Saturday afternoon, officials said. Central Railway Chief spokesperson Sunil Udasi said 1,050 passengers were safely evacuated without injuries from the […]
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Indian Navy, IAF, NDRF rescue stranded train passengers in Thane
Thane: The Indian Air Force (IAF), Navy, Army and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) launched a massive aerial and surface operation to rescue an estimated 1,500 passengers stranded in the Mahalaxmi Express on the flooded railway tracks at Vangani here on Saturday, officials said. Following an SOS from the Maharashtra government to the Defence authorities, […]
Mumbai rain stalls train for 15 hours: IAF choppers to rescue
Mumbai (2 MIN READ): Two Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopters and six boats of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have left for Vangani on Saturday to rescue around 1,500 passengers stranded in the Mahalaxmi Express train after a torrential downpour continued in Mumbai and surroundings for the third consecutive day, officials said. Hundreds of panicky, […]
Bollywood celebs face the woes of Mumbai rain
Mumbai: Akshay Kumar and Twinkle Khanna were set for a family vacation. Randeep Hooda was travelling to Mumbai with his uncles who were coming there for the first time. Kriti Sanon was returning to Mumbai from Delhi after a work trip. But the rain played spoilsport for them all. View this post on Instagram #akshaykumar […]
4 dead, life stays hit as rains pound Maharashtra for fourth day
Mumbai: A man was electrocuted in Mumbai and three others were killed in Solapur in a lightning strike as rains clobbered several parts of Maharashtra for the fourth consecutive day, disrupting normal life besides hitting air, road and rail traffic, officials said on Monday. Mohammed Ayub Kazi, 30, was electrocuted inside his home in Shivajinagar […]
Mumbai rain: 4 killed, traffic hit for fourth day
Mumbai: A person was electrocuted and three were killed after being struck by lightning as rain pounded Mumbai and many parts of Maharashtra for the fourth consecutive day, disrupting normal life and hitting air, road and rail traffic, officials said on Monday. A 30-year-old man, Mohammed Ayub Kazi, was electrocuted inside his home in Shivajinagar, […]
Mumbai rain: Man killed, traffic hit for fourth day
Mumbai: A person was electrocuted as rain pounded Mumbai and its surroundings for the fourth consecutive day, disrupting normal life and hitting air, road and rail traffic, officials said on Monday. A 30-year-old man, Mohammed Ayub Kazi, was electrocuted inside his home in Shivajinagar, Govandi suburb in north-east Mumbai. He was rushed to the Rajawadi […]
Mumbai received highest rainfall on Tuesday: IMD
Mumbai : The country’s financial capital received the highest rainfall on Tuesday, while half a dozen districts went completely dry, as per the district-wise data of Maharashtra released on Wednesday by the IMD. The Mumbai suburbs were clobbered with 184.3 mm rainfall, against the normal of 19.4 mm, which was 850 per cent higher. Mumbai […]